Wrench.



W. A. BAKER & G. A. KARL.

WRENCH.

APPLICATIQN FILED MAR. 6, 1916.

1,186,730. Patented June 13, 1916.

an 'rr rib WILLIAM A. BAKER AND GEORGE A. KARL, OF BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN.

WRENCH.

Application filed March 6, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. BAKER and Gnonon A. KARL, citizens of the United States, residing at Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Wrench, of which the following is a specification.

This wrench is most especially designed for use in holding the shoe and foot when removing and replacing the round pins, or calks, which are secured in horseshoes by a screw threaded connection, and this without removing the shoe from the foot. The foot of the horse is often badly strained in this operation, and with this wrench the shoe can be firmly held by one hand while the calk is unscrewed with the other.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a flat view of the working side of the wrench, Fig. 2 is an edgewise view of the operating end of the same, and Fig. 3 is a fiat view of a part of the main bar of the wrench.

A is the main bar of the wrench, one end thereof forming the handle, the opposite end being wide and turned up to form one jaw of the wrench. A hollow post, or gudgeon, A, is made integral with the bar, and on this the movable jaw, B, is pivoted. Said jaw is approximately circular in form and its edge is serrated so as firmly to grip the outer edge of the web of a horseshoe and press the inner edge thereof against the corners of the other jaw. This jaw is also an eccentric so as to fit both wide and narrow shoes, and is held in place by a bolt, C, and a nut, C.

We are aware that wrenches somewhat wrench in which thevpivotal post and sta Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Serial No. 82,390.

tionary jaw both extend out in the same direction from the main bar.

We claim as our invention:

1. A wrench comprising a main bar, one end thereof forming the handle, the opposite end thereof being turned up and form end thereof being turned up to form a broad, low jaw, and a movable jaw eccentrically pivoted on said bar so as to work either right orleft, both sides thereof being curved and serrated, the whole being adapted to operate substantially as described.

3. A wrench comprising a main bar, a post rigidly secured thereto, a jaw pivoted on said post and adapted to work either right or left, and a stationary jaw at one side thereof, said jaw having two bearing points distant from each other, the pivotal post and the stationary jaw both pointing out in the same direction from the main bar.

4:. A wrench comprising a main bar, a post rigidly secured thereto, a jaw pivoted on said post and adapted to work either right or left, a low stationary j aw with two bearing points distant from each other at one side of said post, and a handle at the opposite side thereof, all adapted to operate as described.

WILLIAM A. BAKER. GEORGE A. KARL.

Witnesses:

(Jr-ms. C. MILLER, A. W. LUECK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O." 

